Samuel N Moore (DD 747) - Naval Cruise Book

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glive and road d Qs To all of you who have accomplish solves according to the traditions laiu down by sevffrir V Now you are the ones who are untrustod with the traditions M knowledge which make the Navy the mighty weapon it isp You. ve learned them, you have used them in amy and it is you who will have to pass thou on und keep them your fignt against the y uring the coming uuys of peace. f'g 1' '.f , F ' fl - -1- f' is is f-1' Q4-.n-...... St. fy :I 'I Q 'G' Q , ' 1 Lieutenant-Gouuunaer, USN, 5 Lxocutivs Officer. - Q ed the task of mOuldimg It 1 'I 'IL L. ore you belonf s gs the y ,.1. sctor share of thu credit. You wore.thsl s who made possible tue trsuondous oxpsnsion of tio navy frum Small groups which dosperstely fought st Coral Sou and Midway, to,ths mighty fleets which struck at will against the Empirs.' .

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Usb SAMUIL N MOORE KDDYLYJ 'FW'-i k3iUl0l0l0f0F1l'N ik F9FPiJkPlfi0i0k9rPkPl0lfPF9F5l0k3FPF nugby in New York Cityg O, the Navy Yard at Brook- I of its noise and conf X Bethlehem Steel Compeny's at STAT N IbLnNO Rc r Admlrel Monroe KELLY, USN, addenda d the newly organlzed cr v Jhlcn wss tethered on her fsnteil, with e few words and wltnout fenr re commissioned the USS SAMUEL MOORE LDD7h7l us e flgntlno unlt or tlr UNITED STATES NAVY. I After flHlShlHO touches nd checkuos hed been meds in the Navy ard, the snlp mrda three uit run round LONG I3LnNU for testingldt CdllbT8tlOH of her equlpnent, 1d then, on the l3th of July, cast off from the 33rd Street pler n BROOKLYN for BERMUDA on her Shakedown CFUlSb Oper tlng out or GR l UOUNU, BLRMUDA, the SAMUEL MOORE and nor crew node ready for ect1on. Through days of firing, t3CtlC I MHHGUVLTIHU, entl sublerlne crsctlce, end other wer-like 6lOTC1o6o, the Ilhhs wel r lt t ned out of the ship. What few faults she hee weft iound no wroneo out The crew becsme a well- A or eHlZ d tear, end xlthlr u month the b.MUEL N. MOORE was en effio- L ent flfhtlng unrt .iw tion n Qu J hlbh sweed run beck to NEW'YORK 4 re such edJustuents no ch nLos Llc hekedown hed proved to be The SeMULL N hOORh'S flTSt ll slon ufter she hed been shaken down was spec: l e perllent l work for tie Navel Research Laboratory. :he StOomGQ oil NHwfOUNDLhND nunlng SWOCI l tests, end keeping s aeethel cyt out lor tnrer Nu 1 suhmsrlne , Known to be in the vicin- tg, whlch h d o n proylng on Alllcd shlpping out of the port of 1. 5 On th 9th of Q lttmbcr, the S.NU L N MOOHM wes once enoin , ' tied ug 1n BROOKLYN, CL the 35th str t p1er,but her stey was short, and cerly on one ncrnlne or the leth, hu wee UHGUPWGY, to be moored in th t erternoon ut the Navel Oge rtlnb Base et NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, re sho hed report d for iurthcr c uTClSLS. . On th lhtn, e HUTIICQHO sae t up from the south, end the ship cked uwry irom hcl plCl to meet the elements. In her frrst test th the wlnu and set, the ShMU'I N hOORE,emergod VlCtOTlOQS. In ling, wlnd to see ChLSAPurKL B Y, he rode out the hurrlcene that t end sunk the UGS wAMRINGTON OPI the FLONIUA Coast. On the nc d y, out Ol NORFOLK on more cxetlimentel work of the Same e as thot whlch h d t ken her lnto northern waters two weeks 1 e the STNUEL N MOORL encounttled the British freighter EMPIRE , which h d been dem, od ln the storm, was listing badly, end L ed of H dlc 1 ttehtlon lor bfulv lnjured member of her crew. y N MOORm'S doctor wus sent to the freighter ln the dest-, , 's motor whole boat no d te ves QlVuH to the demeged vessel,